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H.R. 2816 (103rd)

Long-Term Care Security Act of 1993

referredUnited States· United States Congress· EN

Introduced

30 July 1993

Last action

4 October 1993 · Referred

Status

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.

Sponsors

Rep. Johnson, Nancy L. [R-CT-5], Rep. Goss, Porter J. [R-FL-14], Rep. Bilirakis, Michael [R-FL-9], Rep. Sundquist, Don [R-TN-7], Rep. Hobson, David L. [R-OH-7], Rep. Miller, Dan [R-FL-13], Rep. Canady, Charles T. [R-FL-12], Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4], Rep. Fish, Hamilton, Jr. [R-NY-19]

Subjects

Healthcare, Housing, Taxation

Source updated

3 June 2026

Healthcare · Housing · Taxation

Summary

TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Tax Treatment of Long-Term Care Insurance Title II: Protection of Assets Under Medicaid Through Use of Qualified Long-Term Care Insurance Title III: Studies Long-Term Care Security Act of 1993 - Title I: Tax Treatment of Long-Term Care Insurance - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for the treatment of qualified long-term care insurance as accident and health insurance for purposes of insurance company taxation. Excludes from gross income benefits provided under a long-term care insurance contract. Includes in gross income employer-provided coverage for long-term care services. Includes amounts paid for qualified long-term care services as medical expenses for individual itemized deductions. Includes any parent or grandparent as a dependent for purposes of such expenses. Provides for the nonrecognition of gain or loss on the exchange of any life insurance contract or an endowment or annuity contract for a long-term care insurance contract. Excludes from gross income certain amounts withdrawn from individual retirement accounts and certain employer cash or deferred arrangements to pay long-term care premiums. Provides for the exclusion as a death benefit of any amount paid or advanced to an individual under a life insurance contract because such individual is terminally ill or chronically ill and confined to a qualified facility. Allows insurance companies to issue accelerated death benefit riders on life insurance contracts. Title II: Protection of Assets Under Medicaid Through Use of Qualified Long-Term Care Insurance - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to disregard assets which are attributable to coverage under a qualified long-term care insurance contract for purposes of eligibility. Title III: Studies - Directs the Comptroller General to study the feasibility of: (1) encouraging health care providers to donate their services to homebound patients; and (2) providing heads of households who care for elderly family members in their homes with a tax credit.

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Timeline

  1. 30 July 1993

    Introduced

    Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 30 July 1993

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 30 July 1993

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  4. 4 August 1993

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

    Source: Committee

  5. 4 October 1993

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.

    Source: Committee

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